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In the year 1980
537 Notable deaths
Morris Stoloff
American composer (1898-1980).
Born August 1st, 1898 in Philadelphia. [ref]
Died April 16th, 1980 at 81 years old in Woodland Hills. [ref]
William Gemmell Cochran
British / american statistician.
Born July 15th, 1909 in Rutherglen.
Died March 29th, 1980 at 70 years old in Orleans.
Arend Heyting
Dutch mathematician and logician (1898-1980).
Born May 9th, 1898 in Amsterdam.
Died July 9th, 1980 at 82 years old in Lugano.
Sol Lesser
Film producer (1890-1980).
Born February 17th, 1890 in Washington. [ref]
Died September 19th, 1980 at 90 years old in Hollywood. [ref]
Aleksander Ford
Polish film director (1908-1980).
Born November 24th, 1908 in Kyiv.
Died April 4th, 1980 at 71 years old in Florida (hanging). [ref]
Finn Ronne
American explorer.
Born December 20th, 1899 in Horten.
Died January 12th, 1980 at 80 years old in Bethesda.
Oscar Alemán
(1909-1980) argentine jazz musician.
Born February 20th, 1909 in Resistencia. [ref]
Died October 14th, 1980 at 71 years old in Buenos Aires.
Nachum Gutman
Painter, sculptor and mosaic artist (1898-1980).
Born October 15th, 1898 in Telenești.
Died November 28th, 1980 at 82 years old in Tel Aviv, Israel. [ref]
Karl Olivecrona
Swedish jurist (1897-1980).
Born October 25th, 1897. [ref]
Died February 5th, 1980 at 82 years old in Lunds Allhelgonaförsamling. [ref]
Friedrich Hoßbach
German general (1894-1980).
Born November 22nd, 1894 in Unna.
Died September 10th, 1980 at 85 years old in Göttingen.
Deaths 291 to 300 of 537
Let children walk with Nature, let them see the beautiful blendings and communions of death and life, their joyous inseparable unity, as taught in woods and meadows, plains and mountains and streams of our blessed star, and they will learn that death is stingless indeed, and as beautiful as life. John Muir